Angostura 1919 really stands out and should be considered for those cocktails with few spirits, allowing the Angostura 1919 to really be the “core ingredient” for the design. I believe you’ll find Angostura 1919 can also fill in for a spiced rum because it has a nice complex flavor profile along with that light sweet yet full potency rum.

Penny Blue XO Single Estate Mauritian Rum is a mouthful of a title and, a mouthful of a sipping rum. This rum with an origin off the coast of Africa in the Mauritius Islands, is definitely more of a high-end product with a limited US distribution. The color is beautiful, as seen in our video, and the aroma that comes off the liquid is intriguing as it doesn’t scream “rum!” The aroma of Penny Blue XO definitely reflects the barrel aged […]

Rum and Horchata seem to be trending right now and we plan to ride the wave of awesomeness. We’ve had a chance to try cream tequila and we had been haunted for months to try RumChata from our fans and soon after that Cruzan contacted us about their Horchata and Rum cream liqueur called Velvet Cinn.

The taste of Ivanabitch definitely has a nice crisp clean finish, warming medium bodied viscosity that does leave a bit of an ethanol finish but clears clean and crisp within seconds. Overall, Ivanabitch is a fantastic vodka for the price and has no sticky residue or oiliness to suggest sugar additives, just a solid product.

The aroma is definitely in the earth-tone category, almost as if Grand Teton Vodka sprang from the soils of the earth. The aroma matches much of the flavor profile as well, this is a vodka that doesn’t really match the “neutral based spirit” because it brings actual heritage and flavor to the taste.

The flavor brings so many familiarities of a margarita it’s almost scary. We found a medium bodied spirit with roasted pineapple notes, a light sweetness and a lingering salt-like flavor. I found the salty notes working well with the agave making this 100% de Agave silver matched well against the contents of most margarita recipes which tells me this will work great in a cocktail.

Rum Jumbie Coconut Splash was picked from a “hat” of possible items to review this week. If there is one category of rums we’ve had to good chance to explore, it’s the coconut rum category! Rum Jumbie Coconut Splash comes to us in “nip” form so we added a bit of water to our brandy snifter and went crazy.